..The support of the child, however, is often subject to paternal recognition and commitment, even though boys are unwilling to admit paternity because it jeopardizes their educational and employment opportunities...

Within the hidden epidemic: sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS among American Indians and Alaska Natives

..Youth encountered few economic or social recriminations for a teen birth. As such, cultural influences are important to American Indian sexual health and could be a key part of prevention strategies...

Communities, opportunities, and adolescents' sexual behavior in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

..Greater participation in community sports increased risk-taking behaviors among boys but decreased them among girls. Within the household, education of adults had a positive effect on condom use for both boys and girls...

..Low Efficacy/High Risk had high rates of several high-risk behaviors such as exchanging sex for money or injection drug use. Validation analyses highlighted differences that can be useful for the development of preventive interventions...

Racial disparities in alcohol use: comparison of 2 American Indian reservation populations with national data

..Knowledge and attitudes were modestly related; neither was related to risk behaviors. Suggestions are made about interventions focusing on specific high-risk groups and broad-based knowledge and skill-based interventions...

Methods for measuring utilization of mental health services in two epidemiologic studies

..The project is well positioned to carry out the longitudinal assessments of the intervention to determine the overall impact of the Circle of Life and the differential impact by pre-intervention patterns of behavior across youth...

Health-related quality of life and help seeking among American Indians with diabetes and hypertension

Luohua JiangCenters for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USAQual Life Res 18:709-18. 2009

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Childhood exposure to adversity and risk of substance-use disorder in two American Indian populations: the meditational role of early substance-use initiation

Nancy Rumbaugh WhitesellCenters for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USAJ Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:971-81. 2009

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Childhood abuse and later parenting outcomes in two American Indian tribes

..The analysis suggests that for some adolescents, in addition to effects on educational and employment opportunities, the danger of HIV infection is becoming part of the calculus of the desirability of a pregnancy...